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Ah, but now comes a fascinating study by three scientists at Harvard: “Does Collocation Inform the Impact of Collaboration?” They wondered whether teams that are located in the same place produce papers that have a bigger impact than teams who are disparate. So they gathered info on 35,000 papers in biomedical research where there was…
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nelsonsmum: English grammar should be taught in this manner. We are far too fluffy.
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nelsonsmum: English grammar should be taught in this manner. We are far too fluffy.
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When Steven Heller first approached me about starting a graduate industrial-design program at SVA, my response was, “I don’t know if it would be an ID department, exactly, but it would certainly involve artifacts, their purpose, making, sustainability…” And he said, “Great! Write it up.” But the challenge was to figure out what the landscape…
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Rod Falk’s middle school students create their own arcade classics like “Frogger,” “Pac-Man” and “Space Invaders” in his computer lab. Falk, who teaches in La Veta in southern Colorado, said his students are challenged by the programming, and it spurs their critical thinking. And like “Pac-Man” and his pellets, they’re snapping it up. Falk is…
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Rod Falk’s middle school students create their own arcade classics like “Frogger,” “Pac-Man” and “Space Invaders” in his computer lab. Falk, who teaches in La Veta in southern Colorado, said his students are challenged by the programming, and it spurs their critical thinking. And like “Pac-Man” and his pellets, they’re snapping it up. Falk is…
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theatlantic: City Dwellers With Time to Kill We love the New York Times. We love their trend pieces most. This line: Big Buck Hunter boasts a following in places like Texas and Minnesota, where hunters are known to play in full camouflage. But the game, which was developed in 2001 by Play Mechanix of Glen…
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In today’s humongous database systems, clarity may be relaxed, but business needs can still be met. PAT HELLAND, MICROSOFT Classic database systems offer crisp answers for a relatively small amount of data. These systems hold their data in one or a relatively small number of computers. With a tightly defined schema and transactional consistency, the…
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natiexoxo: Legalize It!
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natiexoxo: Legalize It!